The Randolph County Democrat Club will be hosting a special guest at their regular monthly meeting at Rothwell Park's James Youth Building at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, July 18.

District 47 State Representative John Wright (D) will be speaking to the gathered crowd.

Wright, age 37, represents parts of Boone, Cooper, Howard, and Randolph counties as part of the 47th district. He was elected to his first four-year term in November of 2012.

Per a release provided by the Democrat Club, Wright founded the Rollins Reading Company prior to his legislative service. The company is a non-profit organization that "develops and implements early childhood education programming in mid-Missouri. He also founded an investment firm dedicated to investing in growing companies.

Wright graduated from Columbia's Hickman High School in 1994, and received his Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School, where he was an editor for the Yale Law Journal. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Yale College in 1998, in Economics.

He worked in the Missouri Governor's Office and State Treasurer's office in Jefferson City during his summers in law school and college.

Wright currently resides in Boone County.

Reservations are not required to attend. "Meat, drinks, and table service will be provided" at the meeting, the release notes. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and a $2 donation per person. The donation goes to cover the cost of the meat served.